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Top 50 Preview: Guest rankings No.5

At any rate, here’s the latest guest ranker. It comes from an old friend on the Minor League journey I’ve taken the past few years… and he was kind enough to provide some text for me to throw in here:

The Hot Corner is in it’s third season covering the Texas League. The
weekly show can be found on every clubs website as well as the league site
and on Tuesday’s on your home milb.com. The big news this year is that The Hot
Corner takes to the airwaves broadcasting on radio stations around the Texas
League every Sunday one hour before each team’s pre-game show.

He can be followed at @daveabarr (website and new twitter address coming
soon). Now here’s his list

1) Jason Heyward, OF, Atlanta Braves

2) Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Washington Nationals

3) Brian Matusz, LHP, Baltimore Orioles

4) Buster Posey, C, San Francisco Giants

5) Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates

6) Neftali Feliz, RHP, Teas Rangers

7) Carlos Santana, C, Cleveland Indians

8) Justin Smoak, 1B, Texas Rangers

9) Jesus Montero, C, New York Yankees

10) Desmond Jennings, OF, Tampa Bay Rays

11) Mike Stanton, OF, Florida Marlins

12) Madison Bumgarner, LHP, San Francisco Giants

13) Dustin Ackley, OF, Seattle Mariners

14) Dominic Brown, OF, Philadelphia Phillies

15) Alcides Escobar, SS, Milwaukee Brewers

16) Chris Carter, 1B, Oakland A’s

17) Christian Friedrich, LHP, Colorado Rockies

18) Casey Kelly, RHP, Boston Red Sox

19) Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays

20) Martin Perez, LHP, Texas Rangers

Another vote for Heyward at the top. When this is done, I’ll combine all the guest rankings into a master list to provide some consensus among all who have sent them in. And don’t forget, the big Top 50 Show is on the MLB Network on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. ET. Don’t believe me? Well, check out the official release on the show!

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